#ECAD46#ECAD46

#ECAD46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.138 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECAD46
RGB	rgb(236, 173, 70)
HSL	hsl(37, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 70.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, 13.42, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 61.26, 77.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% 0.0326 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.138 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.6445, 48.1662, 12.4228)
Luminance	0.4816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECAD46 #4685EC

analogous

#EC5A46 #ECAD46 #D8EC46

triadic

#ECAD46 #46ECAD #AD46EC

tetradic

#ECAD46 #46EC5A #4685EC #EC46D8

square

#ECAD46 #46EC5A #4685EC #EC46D8

split-complementary

#ECAD46 #46D8EC #5A46EC

monochromatic

#A76E11 #DE9217 #ECAD46 #F2C67D #F7DEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#ECAD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#ECAD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECAD46

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECAD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECAD46	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecad46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 173, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.138 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c57f',
    500: '#ecad46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecad46;
$custom-light: #f7c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecad46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.229,
    "s": 81.373,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78881,
    "c": 0.13776,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECAD46

secondary

#A7BFE7

accent

#7CF830

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECAD46

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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